Pafnuty Chebyshev

Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (16 May 1821-8 December 1894) was a Russian mathematician who became known for his works in the fields of probability, statistics, mechanics, and number theory.

Biography
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev was born in Akatovo, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire on 16 May 1821, one of nine children born to a family of Tatar descent. In 1832, the family moved to Moscow, and Chebyshev studied at Moscow University, passing the final exam in 1843. In 1847, he became a lecturer at Saint Petersburg University, becoming an extraordinary professor there in 1850, ordinary professor in 1860, and merited professor in 1872. Ten years later, he left the university to devote his life to research, and he became a founding father of Russian mathematics. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1894 at the age of 73.